Let's look at how the two situations prove the Catholic Church is on its last legs. Starting close to home we have Cardinal Dolan's little fiasco. It just came to light he might have been part of a plan to pay off child-molesting priests 20 grand each to leave the priesthood quietly, according to our source. The alleged reason was to hide the pedophiles' actions and avoid lawsuits by paying them hush money. If it were anyone buy clergy committing these acts my guess is that mass arrests would have already been made.
Another report talks about the Vatican's recent attack on American nuns. The statement from Rome says they have gone rogue and have become radical feminists. The reason? The Pope thinks they should spend less time supporting social justice and more time opposing same-s*x marriage, abortion, and euthanasia. The Vatican is enforcing sanctions against the nuns, taking punitive action to get them back in line.
The Pope is essentially telling each of these nuns, "Shut up and get back in the kitchen where you belong, woman." Apparently in the mind of the Pope social justice just isn't a big deal. It's possible that Dolan was trying to protect the institution of the Church with his actions. If so he and his Church are broken. I don't care how loyal he is to the Church -- it should be instantly obvious that the well-being of a child r*pe victim is more important than an organization.
Normal people can't stand the idea of letting child rapists off the hook.
It's possible the Pope thinks he's making the right decision biblically -- and he might be correct. If so, his scripture is broken. It's ancient mythology that treats women like property. It's making him think social justice is irrelevant.
The Catholic Church is out of touch with reality and cares little for social justice and women's rights. Any religion so broken should dissolve and give its adherents a chance to live better lives without it.
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